Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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North House residents Jodie M. Kalikow '90 and Nancy S. Goroff '90 said they both danced in the 1988 marathon and were upset when the event was not held last year...
...Americans don't just want to read about something big. We can do that in history books. We want to live through the big event, to experience "history in the making." Two frequently-heard numbers last week were 1906 and 1929. A knowledge of history and of the possibility of being part of history in 1989 has colored our perceptions of both events...
Despite occasional sunshine and temperatures in the 50s, records were not threatened because of the wind. More than 3500 rowers competed in the regatta, billed as the world's biggest single-day rowing event...
Experts found no shortage of culprits to blame for the latest debacle. A series of downbeat realizations converged on Friday, ranging from signs of a new burst of inflation to sagging corporate profits to troubles in the junk- bond market that has fueled major takeovers. The singular event that shook investors was the faltering of a $6.75 billion labor-management buyout of UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the second largest U.S. carrier. "That's when all hell broke loose," said Robert Newman, a floor trader for Equitrade Partners. "It was very reminiscent of something I do not care...
Government by Symbolism. Reagan was a master at this, and Bush has proved a very quick study. When the Supreme Court last July ruled that the burning of the U.S. flag qualified as protected free speech under the First Amendment, Bush and his advisers organized a media event before the Iwo Jima memorial in Washington so the President could call for a constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration. Congress shied away from an amendment, but last week it passed a simple criminal law that would impose a jail term of up to one year on anyone who burned the flag...